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›› 2003, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (02): 183-189.

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FORWARD INFERENCE VERSUS BACKWARD INFERENCE AND PREDICT IN CHINESE TEXT COMPREHENSION

Lu Zhongyi, Peng Jianguo, Li Qiang   

  1. College of Education Science, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang
  • Received:2002-03-05 Revised:1900-01-01 Published:2003-03-30 Online:2003-03-30
  • Contact: Lu Zhongyi

Abstract: The three experiments were performed to investigate the difference between forward inference and backward inference, and the relationship between these two kinds of inferences and prediction. 3×2 independent design , longer texts material and response time index were used in both experiment 1 and experiment 2 which separately used sentence verification and naming method. On the basis of experiment 2, experiment 3 used 2×2 independent design and amended the experiment material according to the research demand. Experiment 1 showed that there is a significant difference between forward inference and backward inference. Experiment 2 indicated that there is no significant difference. In addition, forward inference make no significant difference among the three levels of prediction, so do the backward inference in experiment 1 and experiment 2. Interactive effects are founded between prediction and the two kinds of inferences in experiment 3

Key words: text comprehension, forward inference, backward inference, Prediction

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